Wind blade chord and twist angle optimization using genetic algorithms

Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Engineering Computational Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Mendez J ^a   Greiner, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Energy systems; Evolutionary algorithms; Optimal design; Wind power

Indexed keywords

ATTACK ANGLE; BLADE CHORD; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; EFFICIENT IMPLEMENTATION; ENERGY SYSTEMS; EXPECTED POWER; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FITNESS FUNCTIONS; HIGH QUALITY; MEAN POWER; MOMENTUM THEORY; OPTIMAL DESIGN; POWER PREDICTIONS; SPECIFIC SITES; TWIST ANGLES; WEIBULL; WIND DISTRIBUTION; WIND SPEED;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; TURBINES; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION; WIND POWER;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

EID: 84858629057     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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